Anthropology Workshop on Decolonization

The Southwest Hispanic Research Institute, American Studies, Anthropology and the Institute for American Indian Research present a workshop on, "Decoloniality and the Southwest: Further Thoughts on Local Histories, Global Designs and the Geopolitics of Sensing/Knowing," Friday, Feb. 18 from 10 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. in the anthropology building, room 178.

Speaker Walter D. Mignolo is a professor at Duke University, as well as the director of the Center for Global Studies and the Humanities. His impact as a postcolonial thinker has had a wide impact in the United States, Latin America and Europe.

The workshop will consist of three panels made up of three short presentations, in addition to an openly moderated dialogue. Mignolo will also facilitate a discussion about decolonization and the many forms it takes across cultures.